Workers' Compensation News
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Logger's Asbestos-Related Illness Qualified as Occupational Disease
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04/04/2019
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Workers' Compensation Court of Montana ruled that a logger filed a timely claim alleging his condition resulted from years of work in an area near a contaminated vermiculite mine and was entitled to benefits for his asbestos-related disease.
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Lawmakers Question Need Prior to Passing Bill to Expand Presumptions
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03/28/2019
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A California Senate committee on Wednesday voted to pass a bill that would give probation workers and anyone else working as a peace officer a presumption that certain conditions are compensable, despite members questioning the need for the measure.
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Labor Committee Passes Self-Insured Solvency, Termination Notice Bills
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03/22/2019
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Montana House Business and Labor Committee passed bills that would require struggling self-insured employers to write plans for improving their financial situations and obligate carriers to provide notice at least 90 days before terminating medical benefits.
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Lawmaker Wants Auditor to Investigate QME Issues
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03/05/2019
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal
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A California lawmaker is requesting an audit of the qualified medical evaluator program to explore reimbursement rates, the certification process as well as communications regarding what was alleged to be underground rulemaking pertaining to medical-legal billing rules.
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Lawmakers Eye Revising Hanford Presumption Feds Want Struck Down
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03/05/2019
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Washington state lawmakers are considering allowing more workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation to qualify for a new cancer presumption that the federal government on Friday asked a court to strike down as unconstitutional.
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Lyft Warns of Adverse Consequences for Reclassifying Drivers
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03/04/2019
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Ride-hailing firm Lyft Inc. said in a Security and Exchange Commission filing submitted in anticipation of going public that it faces significant adverse consequences if it has to classify drivers as employees.
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LWCC Begins $23 Million Renovation of Offices
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02/27/2019
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State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corp., the largest comp carrier in the state, has embarked on a $23 million renovation of its Baton Rouge office building.
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